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I'm a new investor and would love to hear your opinion on my 1st rental property purchase attempt in Southern California.The good:1. 4/2/2 1600 sf SFH with big yard;2. flipped house so everything is new;3. comps with ...
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Hey folks - so I have a property in a lower-income part of town and almost every tenant who applies has a pitbull. (The animal, not the singer!) Anyway - tenants today know the game. They just need to say "it's a serv...
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Today I got 2 inquiries from prospective renters with service dogs. One is a chihuahua, and the other inquirer's dog is a puppy, and not even certified yet. It still has 26 weeks of training left before being certifie...
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Hi, All. We are currently in an Earnest Money dispute. We were set to close on a vacation/investment property and at the 12th hour (literally 2 weeks prior to us thinking we were to close), our lender said the prope...
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If there was one golden nugget; one tip, you could give that would aid in the long term success of a new real estate investor, what would it be?
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My hope is that the title rings the ears of one credible person, or maybe two—the more the merrier!Without further ado . . . .I essentially acquired a $150,000.00 residential home in the market for $25,000.00. I waite...
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Hi everyone,I love this bigger pockets thing, I learn every time I come in and participate. Now I want to learn how to motivate real estate agents. I have asked three separate realtors to put in offers for me in the...
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Hello,I am in CA, so any California advice would be helpful. Long story short... We have tenants that signed a lease and moved in yesterday. They hid their dog when we first handed over the keys, but I had to go back ...
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I have a tenant in the upper unit if my duplex that was served a 28 day notice to vacate back near the end of August.
October 1st rolled around and the tenant was unable to fond a place to live, so we granted her ano...
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Good day!I wasn't sure which category this applied to (1031 exchange, real estate sale, or property manager) but I will start in this category for now. I inherited a 9 unit multi-family in Fla in 2009 with no mortgag...